Presence of organic osmolytes in maturation medium enhances cytoplasmic maturation of porcine oocytes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1412-1419

  Funahashi, Hiroaki ^a   Kim, Nam Hyung ^a,b   Stumpf, Todd T ^a,c   Cantley, Thomas C ^a   Day, Billy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Kon kuk University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOSITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SORBITOL; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029983540     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod54.6.1412     Document Type: Article

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